Testing and assessment strategies, including alternative and new approaches

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 140-141, Issue , 2003, Pages 21-30

  Meyer, Otto ^a  

^a DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chemicals; Human health; Strategies; Testing

Indexed keywords

DRUG; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHICS; EXPOSURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17044450530     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00492-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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